Letter: Education too dependent on technology

i Pads for children are not a good thing. Please tell me where this is more cost effective than four or five $20 textbooks that never need to be updated. Do the math: $120 versus $375, plus the constant upgrades for these things (who pays for them ?)

So, looking into the future, this will get rid of the need for kids to even go to school. No need for teachers, books, gym, lunches and so on. Who can afford to sit at home with their kids when both parents have to work?

We are way to dependent on technology. Why use a teacher when tests can be downloaded? Why use a classroom when the device is portable and it can be used from home. Under the new standardized testing system our children are not allowed to be expressive. They are made to act like robots. Music, art, gym, and social interacting is what helps our children learn.

The i Pad will not only kill all of this (most of it is gone due to budget cuts anyway) but fantasic teachers will lose jobs and buildings will be empty. That is what will pay for all of it I guess, in the long run.

Open your eyes and look at the big picture!

Joe Peterson

Sheboygan

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Letter: Education too dependent on technology

i Pads for children are not a good thing. Please tell me where this is more cost effective than four or five $20 textbooks that never need to be updated.

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